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This was the inevitable consequence of Conant's decision which, says Raisz, "was a pitiful thing to do--the very best people were here."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Scholarly Mapmaker Wants 'True Portrait of Mother Earth' | 1/30/1957 | See Source »

The Administration banked on that understanding as it undertook a far-reaching mission: to persuade Congress to approve as swiftly as possible sweeping changes in immigration laws. By broadening existing legislation, easing the strait-laced requirements of the McCarran-Walter Act, the U.S. would be able to admit not merely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFUGEES: Toward a New Understanding | 1/7/1957 | See Source »

At the outset, in particular to a Broadway nourished on Maurice Evans' musically wistful Richard, he seemed psychologically adventurous. He stressed the real selfishness and womanishness in so self-consciously royal, but wholly unkingly, a figure; he showed the spindly weakness behind what Coleridge called Richard's "wordy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 5, 1956 | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

Never have I seen such a blatant disregard for intellectual honesty as was displayed in the story on Herman Talmadge. How you must fear this capable man ! The darkness of your minds is pitiful.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 29, 1956 | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

Normal Vane, apparently a newcomer top the craft of playwriting, sets up his characters with contrived dialogue and them with their actions knocks them down again. The vain, colorful husband number one tells lies and most of the audience understands why; he is so pitiful that he should inspire our...

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: Harbor Lights | 9/28/1956 | See Source »

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